DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
The Battalion
DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. VOLUME 42
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1942
2275
NUMBER 5
Ten Aircraft Construction
Courses Offered Civilians a
No Tuition Is Required for College
Training in War Industry Technique
Aircraft workers and those planning to enter the rap
idly-expanding industry in the Dallas-Fort Worth area will
be offered 10 night-school courses covering various phases
of aircraft construction within the next two weeks, it was
announced today by Robert M. Pinkerton, associate profes
sor of aeronautical engineering. A&M is presenting the
►courses under the sponsorship of
national Engineering, Science and
Management Defense Training.
The courses, which are tuition-
free, will be given in both Dallas
and Fort Worth. All are of college
level, Pinkerton said and a high
school diploma is one of the basic
prerequisites for enrollment.
Registration meetings will be
held in both cities. Dallasites will
gather at 7 p.m. on Monday, June
15, at Sunset High school, while
those planning to attend Fort
Worth classes will meet at the
same hour Tuesday, June 16, at
Texas Christian university ampi-
theater.
Courses to be offered are Aero
nautical Engineering Terminology,
Elementary Airplane Structures,
Intermediate Airplane Structures,
Metallurgy and Heat Treating
(Fort Worth only), Aircraft Con
struction Practices, Aircraft Tool,
Jig and Fixture Design, Advanced
Tool, Jig and Fixture Design, Ad
vanced Aircraft Materials Inspec
tion, Aircraft Assembly and Instal
lation Practices, Advanced Ma
chine Practices and Aircraft Mat
erials and Processes.
Each course will last 12 weeks,
with meeting twice weekly for 2)4
' hour periods, Pinkerton said.
A course in Metallurgy and Heat
Treating was to open June 9 at
Dallas, Pinkerton announced, and
another in Aircraft Fuel Oils and
Hydraulic systems is scheduled
to start in Dallas June 15.
Psychological
Exams for Fish
Will Be Friday
Excused Absences Will
Be Given Those Who Miss
Classes to Take Exam
Psychological tests for new un
dergraduate students will be given
next Friday morning, June 12,
from 8 to 12. All freshman classes
will be suspended that morning.
Absences of new advanced stand
ing students in other classes dur
ing the time required to, take the
test will be counted as excused
absences, H. L. Heaton, registrar,
states.
Students will report as follows:
8 a.m. to 10 a.m., all new students
in the School of Engineering will
meet in Guion Hall for the Psy
chological test. All new students
in the School of Arts and Sciences
will meet with Dean T. D. Brooks
in the Physics lecture room. All
new students in the School of Ag
riculture (including Agricultural
Engineering) meet with Dean E.
J. Kyle in the Animal Husband
pavilion. All new students in the
School of Veterinary Medicine
meet with Dean R. P. Marsteller
at the Veterinary Medicine Hos
pital.
From 10 a.m. to 12 noon all new
students in the Schools of Agri
culture, Arts and Sciences and
Veterinary Medicine meet in Guion
Hall for the Psychological test.
All new students in the School of
Engineering meet in the Assembly
Hall with Dean Gilchrist.
“Please be prompt in reporting
according to schedule, as it is not
possible for a student to be late
and take the test. The cooperation
of all concerned is requested,”
Heaton said.
Friday Is
Deadline For
Junior Exam
Physicals Must Be
Completed Before
Signing of Contracts
Physical examinations of all ca
dets who require “physicals” for
advanced contracts or as electives
will be held at Ward 7, basement
of the College hospital, Friday,
June 12. Maj. A. J. Bennett, ad
jutant, revealed today. These are
the additional cadets who have not
already had physical examinations.
According to Bennett, this will
positively be the last time that
physicals will be given to those
eligible for contracts. As far as
possible, conflicts with other class
es will be avoided. However, stu
dents with classes at the time that
their physicals are scheduled,
, -i j j should arrange with their senior
piano, one base, one drum and one. , . „ _
r . ’ instructors for excuses from Dean
Kapers Offers
Premier of New
ggieland Band
Hackney Will Feature
Style of J Lunceford
In Reorganized Band
“Kadet Kapers” will feature the
music of the newly reorganized
Aggieland orchestra under the di
rection of Maestro Don Hackney
this coming Saturday night at 7
p.m. in the Assembly Hall. The or
chestra has been improved by the
addition of two new saxes; one of
them replacing Maestro Don Hack
ney who will front the band, and
the other replacing Toppy Pearce
who formerly led the orchestra.
The orchestra lost the services
of Toppy this past semester when
he graduated and received a com
mission in the Army.
Maestro Hackney stated that the
orchestra will feature sweet, hot
swing in the style of Jimmy
Lunceford. The orchestra now
consists of five saxaphones, three
trumpets, two trombones, one
Eco Club Chooses
New Board Members
Monday night the Economics
club elected Horace Watson and
George Schleier new members of
Board of Directors. The election
brought up to seven the number
on the board, the others being Roy
Gates, president, Harold Delfrais-
se, vice president, John Lawrence,
secretary - treasurer, William
White, reporter, and C. R. Han
cock.
Record Number of
Students Taking
History Courses
War-time collegiate interest in
the shaping of world events is re
flected in a record enrollment of
1,244 students in various history
courses at A. & M., it was revealed
today by Dr. S. R. Gammon, de
partment head.
Although the number of stu
dents attending A. & M.’s first
regular summer semester is al
most 2,000 below last year’s peak
of 6,975, more than, ever before
are studying history.
Most popular history course is
American Government, a study
made prerequisite to graduation
by the state legislature, which is
(See HISTORY, Page 4)
guitar.
“Kadet Kapers” is presented for
the entertainment of the student
body every Saturday night from
7 until 8 p.m. There is no charge
for admission and all are invited
to attend, stated R. W. Jenkins,
producer.
Secondary CPT
Has Vacancies
For Qualified Men
There are a number of openings
for qualified men in a secondary
Civilian Pilot Training course to
be offered by A. & M. soon after
June 15, it was announced today
by P. R. Higgins, assistant profes
sor in the college aero engineering
department.
The course, to be presented in
co-operation with the Kadett Avia
tion Co., is open to those who have
completed the elementary C.P.T.
course anywhere, and are, or could
become, members of the air force
enlisted reserve, Higgins said.
Six new Waco Trainers, a plane
used in many army flight train
ing centers, have been secured for
use in the course. Flight sessions
will be held at the college airport,
while 108 hours of ground school,
covering aerodynamics, power
plants and aerial navigation will
be given in college classrooms.
Those completing the course will
receive credit for five hours of
college work, Higgins pointed out,
making the course a desirable
elective for students already at
tending A. & M.
Registration, which may be com
pleted at any time at the aero en
gineering department, requires
payment of $10 tuition and a fee
(See C.P.T., Page 4)
Bolton’s office. Each student must
report as directed by his unit as
this examination will only be held
on Friday. All examinations are
under Dr. J. E. Marsh, college
physician.
The schedule for examinations is
as follows: from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.,
Ordnance; 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Field
Artillery; 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., In
fantry; 11 to 12 a.m., all cadets
who were not taken in the above
hours; 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Coast Ar
tillery; 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., Chemical
Warfare and Engineers; 3 p.m. to
4 p.m., Quartermaster and Caval
ry.
The total number of cadets to
be examined according to lists sub
mitted by Bennett is 154.
Enrollment Ends
Saturday as Rolls
Jump Unexpectedly
Large Number of Cadets
Calls for New Sections;
Schedules Being Revised
Registration for the summer se
mester will end on Saturday, June
13. By that time a record number
of over 5,234 students will have
been enrolled. Previous figures re
leased from H. L. Heaton, acting
registrar, estimated the number
of enrolles to be 5,060 including
over 1500 “fish.”
During the past week of school
many difficulties have been ex
perienced as to the formation of
new classes to provide for this
increased enrollment. Many new
students have arrived at A. & M.
for the purpose of taking ad
vantage of the speedup plan.
With the army’s present need
for trained officers and the event
uality of every man who is phy
sically able being drawn into the
army many advantages are to be
gained by freshmen now enrolled,
states Heaton.
Student Directory
Will Be Published
In answer to many inquiries
made by students and faculty
members a student directory will
be published for the summer se
mester. The first editions are due
to be printed in about two weeks
and will serve for the next two
semesters or until the present
senior class graduates.
The directory will follow the
style of previous ones. A complete
list of all faculty members will be
first.
Loupot Leaves Scholarship
Behind as He Goes to Army
Mexican Peons Take Up Delayed
Action Version of Modern Ag
Modern methods of agriculture,
tempered by the procrastinating
spirit of “manana,” are pervading
portions of Mexico, it was reported
today by R. C. Potts, assistant
professor of agronomy, recently
returned from a cotton study tour
of the sister republic.
Accompanied by F. G. Collard
and A. B. Waddle, Aggie seniors,
Potts investigated cotton and
other agricultural conditions some
what off the beaten track in the
regions of Saltillo and Torreon, as
well as in the vicinity of Mexico
City.
He found modern farms, al
though rare, sprinkled through
areas where most of the land
was tilled by almo st-primitive
methods.
Especially impressive was the
500-acre farm of one Rodolfo San
chez Alvarez, near Torreon. Here
Potts found 250 acres devoted to
cotton yielding 2% bales per acre
—an almost incredible figure. And
books of the owner showed a clear
profit of 90,000 pesos for a year.
Interested, Potts investigated
and found the middle-aged Sanchez
had attended high school in San
Antonio and learned to read Eng
lish. After returning to Mexico
he obtained a standard American
text on agriculture, and studied.
“He had that book almost mem
orized,” Potts said.
Invading the Sierras, Potts
found, at a distance of two days
by oxcart from Torreon, a village
of 100 Indian families, ruled by
an ancient “jefe.”
Laid out on a plateau, the In
dian settlement is watered by a
mountain spring, Potts said, that
has been diverted to run entirely
around the plaza in front of the
tribe’s houses, and then around
the plaza in front of the tribe’s
100 or so acrgs under cultivation.
“The amazing thing about it,”
he said, “is that every drop of
the spring water is soaked up by
the time it finishes circling the
fields. Not a bit of the water
leaves the platea.”
Although comparatively primi
tive, the Indians have built irri
gation ditches through their field
and sluice gates that can be opened
when necessary.
Crop rotation is practiced, and
two varieties of wheat are grown.
Each year the chief takes the larg
est heads of wheat for seed, thus
practicing selective growing.
An orchard near the village
contains trees which have been
grafted successful!, though crude
ly, by the Indians.
The Aggie party was invited to
share a meal with the chief, who
told them it was the first time
white men ever had eaten under
his roof.
The agrarian movement in Mex
ico, whereby the owners of ex
pansive haciendas are dispossessed
and the land parceled among the
peons, is not such a success as it
was expected to be, Potts said.
With the practiced eye of the
agriculturist, Potts noted the pres
ence of much German- and Japan
ese-made farm machinery. Inquir
ing, he was informed that Axis
equipment was cheaper, and more
efficient in most cases. Of course,
war now has cut off all supplies
of Axis machinery.
The trip to Mexico was the
second half of the cotton tour.
Previously the party, originally
numbering four students, had
toured Louisiana and Tennessee.
Upon returning to Texas May 15,
however, E. D. Wilmeth and G.
C. McGourik received orders to
report for army duty.
J. E. Loupot, class ’32, is leav
ing a scholarship similar to the op
portunity scholarship awarded by
the Former Student’s Association.
Loupot left for the army this
morning and decided to “do some
thing for the Aggies because the
Aggies have done so much for
him.”
The scholarship will be award
ed to three or four Aggies who
show that they have the ability
to get a college education provided
they had a little financial assis
tance. The plans as stated herein
are tentative pending the donor’s
approval. Te be eligible for the
scholarship, the only requirements
are that the student have a grade
point average of 1.5 and have
been at A. & M. for at least one
semester.
Plans are not definite as yet
because Loupot was busy attend
ing to personal affairs before leav
ing for the army. The exact amount
of the stipend and the manner
in which it is to be awarded has
not been decided yet.
Lou, as he is usually called
among Aggies, is well known ail
over the campus. He graduated
with the class of ’32 and has run
his Trading Post at the north
gate ever since. Lou feels that he
wants to do something for the
Aggies before he leaves for the
army so he is leaving the “Loupot
Scholarship”. Plans for the ad
ministration of the scholarship
are being worked out by W. R.
Horsly of the Student Labor De
partment.
Enrollment in Spanish
Classes Shows Growth
Records of the Foreign Langu
age Department show that the
number of students taking Span
ish this semester has increased
somewhat over the number that
registered for Spanish last semes
ter. Professor Joe Woolket re
vealed that around 350 students
are enrolled in the Spanish depart
ment and that an additional 75
students are enrolled in the French
and German classes.
Woolket believes this increase is
due to the fact that more recog
nition is being given to the neces
sity of a foreign language.
Civil Engineers Hold
Election at Smoker
The American Society of Civil
Engineers will have a smoker
meeting Thursday night at 7:00
in the Civil Engineering lecture
room. Freshmen are especially in
vited and all Civil Engineering
students are urged to attend, ac
cording to old members. Officers
for the year will be elected and
organization will be completed in
order to get activities under way
as quickly as possible. George
M. Garrett, district engineer for
the highway department in Bry
an, will be present.
College Awarded Largest
Engineer Library in South
Installed by State Board of Engineers
At Cost of $60,000; Located in M E Dept
The State Board of Professional Engineers passed a
resolution to install a $60,000 engineering library at A.&M.
Dean Gibb Gilchrist stated that this is to be the finest
engineering library in the south. The new library is to be
located on the first floor of the M. E. building.
The authorities decided to locate-f
the library here at A. & M. much
to the displeasure of some of the
officials of Texas University. It
is to be set up so that engineers
all over Texas will not have to
travel to Chicago or New York to
obtain highly specialized informa
tion. It is to be a professional li
brary and will contain only techni
cal material.
It was found that the State
Board of Professional Engineers
had $60,000 in excess after they
had collected registration fees
from the engineers who practice
in Texas. The legislature permit
ted them to use this money to
create a professional library. Sev
eral universities in Texas made
bids for the library but the A. &
M. bid was accepted.
Dean Gilchrist said that the lo
cation of the library in the M. E.
building is temporary and event
ually it will require the erection
of a special building. However, no
definite plans have as yet been
formulated.
Ground Training
Offered Secondary
School Teachers
Primary ground school training
will be offered to high school
teachers this summer by the col
lege so that they may be quali
fied to teach an elementary course
to high school students this fall.
Dean Gibb Gilchrist said that the
course would last for about ten
weeks and would include 72 hours
of ground school instruction. It
is hoped that the course will begin
around July 1.
Only men will be eligible for this
training. The government will pay
for the cost of instruction and the
cost to the student will be very
little. Anyone interested in tak
ing the course should contact Dr.
Howard W. Barlow, head of the
department of aeronautical engi
neering as soon as possible.
Steen Publishes
Present Day Story
Of State of Texas
Book. Tells of Social
And Economic Progress
In State Since 1900
Dr. R. W. Steen of the history
department has recently published
a new book concerning the his
tory of Texas since 1900. It is en
titled “Twentieth Century Texas.”
Steen is known to the cadet corps
through his column in The Bat
talion, “The World Turns On.”
The book is published by the Stuk
Company of Austin and its price
is $3.00.
Quoting from the publisher’s
blurb, “The purpose of ‘Twentieth
Century Texas’ is to record the
story of Texas since 1900 without
prejudice or partisanship. It is not
intended to be a political history;
but rather the story of social and
economic development since 1900.
It is the history of groups who
have campaigned and left their im
print upon the lives of the people.
It is a story of war and peace, de
pression and prosperity, flood and
drought; but chiefly it is the story
of how the people of Texas have
worked to improve their state.
“ ‘Twentieth Century Texas’
chronicles the campaigns of cham
bers of commerce, women’s clubs,
prohibitionists, the hooded legions
of the Klan, as well as countless
other agencies which have fought
for cause since 1900. Vaudeville,
motion pictures, phonographs and
radios have had their place in the
lives of the people, as have tree
sitting, marathon dancing, yo-yos
and miniature golf.
“In ‘Twentieth Centy Texas’ will
be found a comprehensive picture
of Texas at work and at play
completely documented but writ
ten entertainingly for all who are
interested in the remarkable
progress that the Twentieth Cen
tury has brought to the greatest
state of them all.”
ReservedSeatsforWorld Famed
Attractions Go on Sale Today
Five sparkling attractions have
been planned by Manager John
Lawrence for the Town Hall sum
mer series to be presented at
Guion Hall. Season tickets will be
on sale today in the main lobby
of the old Y.M.C.A. for a fraction
of their real value.
Town Hall is in its fourth
straight year under its new name,
and it is organized and managed
entirely by A. & M. students. The
summer program will include Jean
Dickenson, popular young soprano;
Henry Scott, pianist-humorist; the
Jackson Jubilee Singers, negro
quartet featuring John Garth, who
appeared in the Broadway success,
“Porgy ’n’ Bess”; Romance of Old
Mexico, a history of Mexico told
in story, song and dance; and a
swing concert by a famous band.
As the first attraction, Henry
Scott will introduce concert satire
to the Guion Hall audience on June
16. Concert satire, originated by
Scott, is based on the premise that
humor has a place in the concert
hall just as much as on the stage.
According, in a series of numbers
entitled “A Great Concert Pianist,”
“Chopin in the Citrus Belt,” “Lit
tle Boy Genius Grows Up,” “Rhy
thm at any Cost” and “Mittens on
the Keys,” he will assail some of
the follies and amiable weaknesses
of the music world. In the latter
number, Scott will demonstrate
dexterity and accuracy with his
hands and wrists heavily swathed
in loose woolen mittens, a finger
strengthening device he invented.
Scott practices in the mittens him
self, and was able so to strengthen
his fingers with their help that he
established a world’s record for
speed and accuracy on the key
board by playing 44% notes per
second in a rapid passage on
Liszt’s “Second Hungarian Rhap
sody.” His program will also in
clude a classical section and swing
impression of modern piano styles
in concert impressions of Eddy
Duchin and others.
On June 29, Romance of Old
Mexico will appear at Guion Hall,
disclosing Charro costumes of
sombreros, gaucho trousers, bril
liant scrapes, and a display of
United States-Mexican goodwill.
This unique attraction is direct
ed by Colonel Richardo de Esca
milla, soldier of fortune formerly
one of Pancho Villa’s Dorados.
The colonel tells a story of war
or adventure, of exploration or
hacienda life. The Charro orches
tral accompaniment gives it mu
sical rendition, lovely Greta Rubio
makes it vocal, and the Mexican
dancer, Mora Moreno, with bril
liant technique and mischievous
with, adds her interpretation.
Third in the series are the Jack-
son Jubilee Singers, with John
Garth who will take special leave
from the Broadway success, “Por
gy ’n Bess,” to tour as their fea
ture attraction. They will be pre
sented on July 27.
Programs of musical excellence,
works of the best known compos
ers, and a variety of entertaining
diversions, make this attraction
unique, and one of the most de
lightful on the American stage.
Their repertoire includes many
favorite selections from “Show
Boat,” “Hallelujah,” “Green Pas
tures,” “Emperor Jones” and “Por
gy ’n Bess.”
Because of the great success of
her appearance on the A. & M.
campus last year, Jean Dickenson
has been contracted for a return
performance on August 20.
Miss Dickenson’s graciousness
and vivacity of manner, gained
through world-wide travel in her
childhood, have made her countless
fans and friends, but her glorious
voice caused a successful career
while still in her twenties. If a
frigid winter and a blazing sum
mer, as the Burgundians have al
ways said, are necessary for a
good voice as well as a good vint
age, Miss Dickenson was prepared
early. Born in a Canadian winter
at 40 degrees below zero, she was
swiftly transported to India, with
a temperature of 120 degrees in
the shade. She has traveled all
over the globe since birth and now,
still young, Jean Dickenson is a
radio singer of national renown
on the “American Album of Fa
miliar Music,” the “baby” of the
Metropolitan Opera, and is in
great demand as a concert artist.
Concluding the summer series of
Town Hall will be a presentation
of popular music by a famous
swing band, the name of which
will be announced later.